All Chapters of Auctioned Bride Of The Cursed Alpha : Chapter 111 - Chapter 117

Xlynor's POVI didn't move when I got back.I killed the engine and just sat there in the dark driveway, my hands on the wheel and the engine off, staring at nothing in particular while the castle loomed in front of me.Ivara was probably asleep by now and Zane had left too after attending to her.My thoughts drifted to the Lunari festival. Today was the last day and I needed to be there, which I knew was impossible. I was hurt.I reached for Zane's link, which connected almost immediately.“Zane, stand in for me tonight. I won't be able to attend the festival.”“Understood, Alpha.” He simply responded, no questions.I severed the connection and silence returned.My eyes dropped to the cut across my chest. The stupid wound had refused to close and instead throbbed painfully despite the bleeding having slowed to a sluggish seep.Eloise must have coated her blade with something vile that made the pain from the cut linger.The drive back had been fine for a short while when, suddenly, th

Ivara's POVI didn't even have to stand or turn away before my heart betrayed me. It had already done that the second I locked eyes with Xlynor while cleaning up his injury, and it was still doing that.It hammered so hard and fast against my ribs I was sure Xlynor could hear it.“You're really stupid,” I told myself.From the second I agreed to help Xlynor, I had already begun regretting it and the fact that he became a jerk proved that my gut was right.I had to lie about being a pervert just to make him uncomfortable enough to shut up and leave me alone. That was the point.I turned away so he couldn't read through me while I lied, so I could pretend like my entire nervous system wasn't doing anything.How exactly did he expect me to keep treating him when he kept looking at me like that? He wasn't looking at the wound or what I was doing, just at me. Of course, I couldn't concentrate.In fact, what had gotten into me, getting that close to him in the first place? Oh, how stupid of

Ivara's POVI stood in front of the mirror, tugging at the hem of the elegant dress Zane had arranged for me yesterday after I found out I couldn't get into my room. He’d quietly taken care of everything after I asked—new clothes, toiletries, the basics I’d been missing.It was a short, flowing dress in deep emerald, but it did nothing to change the fact that I looked horrible.That was the conclusion I could arrive at after approximately three minutes in front of the mirror.The dress was fine, but everything above the neckline was a different story entirely.I stepped closer, examining my reflection. Dark circles shadowed my eyes. I looked like I’d been dragged out of a nightmare.After I managed to get back to the room, I found out that Xlynor was nowhere to be found. It was supposed to ease me of my worry and panic, but I’d tossed and turned for hours, until sleep had finally claimed me, but only for a measly two hours.I wasn't surprised that I looked this terrible, and it was al